Durban panchang, 23 May 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:05 Moonrise 16:52 Vaishakha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:05- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:05 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:05 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:53
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:40 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 08:41
- Karana Bava until 15:53, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 03:58 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:05 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:39 – 06:40 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:39 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:47 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:16 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:40 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:36 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:21 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:07 Cancer
- 12:07 – 13:33 Leo
- 13:33 – 14:57 Virgo
- 14:57 – 16:31 Libra
- 16:31 – 18:26 Scorpio
- 18:26 – 20:41 Sagittarius
- 20:41 – 23:02 Capricorn
- 23:02 – 01:21 next day Aquarius
- 01:21 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:59 next day Aries
- 05:59 – 06:40 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method